Brittany

I very much enjoyed my time with dive careers, my needs were taken care of in a very professional manor. As I have slight learning disabilities and it takes me a little more time to understand certain concepts, the way my course director handled it was very helpful, I felt comfortable and confident in the end. I highly recommend choosing dive careers as a way of carrying on your professional diving career. It was great!

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Nic Carter
from London

Ive recently passed my IE following 2 weeks of IDC / MSDT prep with Mark Soworka. Throughout, his knowledge of the PADI system stood out, and he managed to make a somewhat nervous bunch of candidates calm and upbeat about their chances, encouraging a relaxed and fun atmosphere and a 100% success rate on the IE. Thanks Mark :)

Q. Would you recommend us to friends and why?A. yes, absolutely - Mark can put his knowledge across easily

Q. What convinced you to do your instructor training with us?A. right time, right place and a little bit of luck in the first place

Q. What was the weakest part of your IDC and why? Also please suggest how we can improve.A. Perhaps not as much time in the water for fun dives as Id hoped, but this wasnt anything to do with the IDC, just the other candidates not wanting to get wet!

Chanu
from Hikkaduwa

I'm just 19 years old I did my IDC during 1st - 14th November at poseidon diving station with dive-careers..our teacher Mark soworka is the best teacher I ever knew...he knows every thing and he can teach you very well for sure.I recormand for you dive-careers are the best way to learn.than you

Wonderful experience
from Chennai

Really enjoyed my experience with Mark, the Course Director - great IDC, learnt a lot. Will cherish it throughout my diving career and am very grateful to him and the team. Can't wait to learn more, perhaps do my IDCS some day. Cheers to you!

Q. What was the best part about your instructor training?A. Though there was a tight schedule and a few hiccups in the logistics, it never felt too stressful - Mark trained us very well, and the Instructor Exam was very easy for us, because of the way he taught us. I particularly loved the class on Marine Resource Management that he took.

Q. Would you recommend us to friends and why?A. I would definitely recommend your team to my diving friends, as Kho Tao, I am sure is a great diving destination and my experience with Mark has been wonderful and fulfilling, so I would love to spread that love and show my support.

Q. What convinced you to do your instructor training with us?A. The Dive Center in Pondicherry, India, is well-acquainted with Mark, so they had requested him to come here for the IDC, It was not a personal decision.

Q. What was the weakest part of your IDC and why? Also please suggest how we can improve.A. The weakest part of my IDC was that it was a logistical nightmare, owing to bad weather, etc. The fault was in us, not in the Dive Center. If anything can improve, might I suggest that perhaps a day or two more can be included in the schedule to relax things out a little bit? That would also give interested candidates an opportunity to learn much more from their Course Directors, outside of and exceeding the course. I think that is important for a dive professional in the making, for it is our enthusiasm that drives us to pursue this career in the first place.

Q. What was the best part about your instructor training?A. Been relax and frendly

Q. Would you recommend us to friends and why?A. Easy going and friendly

Q. What convinced you to do your instructor training with us?A. The schedule

Q. What was the weakest part of your IDC and why? Also please suggest how we can improve.A. Taking in count the diversity of knowledge. Form binom- one with theorical knowledge and the other with practicale knoledge

Q. What was the best part about your instructor training?A. The amount of time in the water and the fact that we could practise in seperate much smaller groups in the afternoons.

Q. Would you recommend us to friends and why?A. Yes, I would. But I would make it very clear to them that they will not learn how to teach but what to teach!

Q. What convinced you to do your instructor training with us?A. There really wasn't many other options in the Philippines this time of year. Plus I'd been fun diving with TSD before, so chose a place I knew and liked the staff.

Q. What was the weakest part of your IDC and why? Also please suggest how we can improve.A. There were way too many canditates - plus some of the candidates did not take any of it serious which made it harder on the candidates in the group that did.

Michelle

Bas, Chris and Marie did a brilliant job at getting the while team through the IDC. There knowledge and support was highly appreciated by everyone. For me especially when I was struggling with some of the theory work. Individually they all helped me to understand and build my confidence. I would highly recommend doing the IDC with these guys.

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Pere P. Simón
from Almassora

I'm not sure if it was me, the atmosphere of the candidates or what was going on with the first days of the course... Maybe is also strange to do the course between two different dive shops, with all the nervs and some last minute changes... Or maybe we were too many people to handle in this edition... Whatever it was, finally the things went on their proper place and all worked fine. Maybe for next editions, the price has to include a perfect explanation of what's going to be extra, what included and also a proper explanation of taxes and extra fees, but anyway, I would recommend for sure to do your IDC with Dive Careers.

Paolo E
from Manila

2 weeks is too short for an IDC.. wish it was 3 weeks.. actually thought it was.. :) when i read that the minimum letters was 100 i had to write this.. :) anyway, if there was more rest days, more days for individual study and rest.. the 2 weeks was hectic, with little time for the information to sink in..

Q. What was the best part about your instructor training?A. mark was a very friendly person, it made learning much easier..

Q. Would you recommend us to friends and why?A. yes, if they would want to be scuba instructors.. i would ask them to take a longer IDC if they have not been recent DM's because it takes a while for everything to go back, specially if all they have done is led tours and teach free diving. it takes more time for information to sink in if there was more rest in between the days of learning...

Q. What convinced you to do your instructor training with us?A. i wanted to see tresher sharks.. :)

Q. What was the weakest part of your IDC and why? Also please suggest how we can improve.A. it was too short.. be more focused on the rescue skill practice.. :) i would have passed if it was so...

Peter
from Vilnius

I could not have wished for a better place to do my IDC. With 3 (!) Platinum Course Directors and a Master Instructor (soon to be a CD as well) it is a unique place in the world. You gain soooo much knowledge and experience. The two weeks have been an amazing adventure, surely intense at times. On the one hand it still seems like it only started yesterday, on the other hand it feels we all already have been around for many months. All the candidates teamed up from the very start, and yes we have become friends for life, in fact it feels like family!

Special thanks to Bas, Chris and Marie, you all really rock and made sure we were all prepped for the IE. In fact even the examinators were impressed about our quality and team spirit :-)